This dream was so powerful, I put it with an acoustic track I was working on.

. Dream

Sometimes you cannot hold on so tight it stifles someone. Sometimes you have to let them go so they can fly. Melodic acoustic progression. I wanted the acoustic lead to flow in and around the chords and lyrics. 

Karen's Mum Marie is close to her final journey tonight. I would have liked her to hear this one as she had a love of classical music. Goodnight Marie. Your kids are close by your side. x

Nightsky

It's the harmonies'. "yep, the harmonies" Even after 25 years or so, the lead vocal done by Helen, 'Esme' Watson, is enhanced by the gift of Crossfire, the vocal harmonies.

Power Of A Prayer

A blast from the past, this was a bit of fun in the set in the Crossfire days. No comments on the perm please :) A little rock and roller. Helen on Vocs, and The power of Stu coming in. Listen for the entire personal of the studio, guests, and the cleaning staff coming in for the finale.

1.Stand On The Devil

Stew and Helen in full flight. In writing this one, I wanted to remind us all as Christians, we can walk many paths, but the best is the one when we first came to believe. As a band, we were trying to inject some intricacy into catchy. It was a while ago remember, and this our first demo :)

2.First Love

A little view of the changing world, through the eyes of an old man sitting on the porch. As he watches the world go by in all it's strangeness, he sees people are not so different, regardless of how it seems

Crazy World

I put this one as the end track of the CD "Midnight Train", for my Dad, Jim. It was, when learning my licks in Heathmont, sitting at the end of my bed, that he would say how "good that sounded". It is rough and not 'CD' quality. But it reminded me, that production of the sound, could sometimes be excepted, when emotion and 'being in the moment" made something special. I overdubbed each track I played in recording this, and left it rudimentary. I place it here, in this way, for Dad, who left this Earth years ago. But in some way, I am still seeking his acknowledgement. It may be, you know what I mean.

13 Da's Blues

Now with 20 years gone by, I could actually sing this song I wrote about moving on from divorce. Time does heal, and reveals understanding that cant be seen in the mist of grief. A heart can actually move on from being broken, and though there is love again, I don't think the first love is ever really erased. The best interests for the one who left though, can be for them as a person in their own right as they grow and move in a new life.

Carry You

I wrote this track for humanity in general in losing their way in my eyes. It was, however, relevant to me and the my life, as It seems I always was wandering, and being away, from the family and loved ones I held so dear. 
I recorded this track and its overdubs in the 'Little Laundry' at the Majorca Rd in Maryborough in 2002 using a tascam and a new computer I was only learning to use! For all the simple technology I had, I love how it came out.

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